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'{{about||the province with the same name|Lào Cai Province|the Burmese town with the same Chinese name|Laukkai}} {{Expand Vietnamese|Lào Cai (thành phố)|topic=geo|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Lào Cai | official_name = Lào Cai City | native_name = Thành phố Lào Cai | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Provincial city (Vietnam)|City (Class-2)]] | image_skyline = Đền Mẫu Lào Cai 2.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Vietnam <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Vietnam | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Vietnam]] <!-- the name of the country --> | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Vietnam|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = Lào Cai Province | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | seat_type = | seat = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = Established city<!-- Settled --> | established_date = 30 November 2004 <!-- Area --------------------->| area_magnitude = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 229.67<!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2018 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 173,840 | blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] | blank_info = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cwa]] | coordinates = {{coord|22|28|50|N|103|58|30|E|region:VN|display=inline,title}} }} '''Lào Cai''' ({{IPA-vi|làːw kāːj||Lao Cai.ogg}}) is a city in the [[Northwest (Vietnam)|Northwest]] region of [[Vietnam]]. It is the capital of [[Lào Cai Province]]. The city borders the city of [[Hekou Yao Autonomous County]], in the [[Yunnan]] province of southwest China. It lies at the junction of the [[Red River (Vietnam)|Red River]] (Sông Hồng) and the [[Nanxi River (Yunnan)]] approximately 160 miles (260&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Hanoi]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/place/Lao-Cai Lào Cai profile in Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref> It is a market town for timber, and the [[Lào Cai Railway Station]] is located on the [[Hải Phòng]] railway to Yunnan Province in China. ==History== The town was [[Battle of Lao Cai|invaded by China in 1979]] and the border was closed until 1993.<ref>[http://www.accessvietnam.net/vietnamtravel/laocai_sapa/laocai_sapa.html Lào Cai info. at AccessVietnam Travel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216230242/http://www.accessvietnam.net/vietnamtravel/laocai_sapa/laocai_sapa.html |date=2007-12-16 }}</ref><ref>Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David: ''Vietnam Past and Present: The North'' (History and culture of Hanoi and Tonkin). Chiang Mai. Cognoscenti Books, 2012. ASIN: B006DCCM9Q.</ref> The town has a [[carbide]] factory. As of 2003 the district had a population of 86,855.<ref name="Statoids">{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html|title=Districts of Vietnam|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=23 March 2009}}</ref> The district covers an area of 223&nbsp;km².<ref name="Laocai.gov.vn">{{cite web|url=http://giaytoxinviec.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lao_Cai_administrative_map.jpg|title=Lao Cai Administrative Map|publisher=Laocai.gov.vn|accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref> Ethnic minorities in Lao Cai used to speak [[Southwestern Mandarin]] to each other when their languages were not mutually intelligible.<ref name="Ito2013">{{cite book|author=Masako Ito|title=Politics of Ethnic Classification in Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WpOJWLT1J7gC&pg=PA137&dq=southwestern+mandarin+franca&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjEhNmKwcrOAhVHgx4KHWy2B-wQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=southwestern%20mandarin%20franca&f=false|year=2013|publisher=Kyoto University Press|isbn=978-1-920901-72-1|pages=137–}}</ref> ==Climate== {{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |location = Lào Cai |Jan high C = 20.1 |Feb high C = 21.3 |Mar high C = 25.3 |Apr high C = 28.8 |May high C = 32.1 |Jun high C = 32.7 |Jul high C = 32.7 |Aug high C = 32.4 |Sep high C = 31.3 |Oct high C = 28.7 |Nov high C = 25.1 |Dec high C = 21.9 |year high C = 27.7 |Jan mean C = 15.7 |Feb mean C = 17.0 |Mar mean C = 20.7 |Apr mean C = 24.2 |May mean C = 27.0 |Jun mean C = 27.9 |Jul mean C = 27.9 |Aug mean C = 27.5 |Sep mean C = 26.3 |Oct mean C = 24.0 |Nov mean C = 20.2 |Dec mean C = 17.0 |year mean C = 23.0 |Jan low C = 13.3 |Feb low C = 14.5 |Mar low C = 17.9 |Apr low C = 21.1 |May low C = 23.6 |Jun low C = 24.7 |Jul low C = 24.9 |Aug low C = 24.4 |Sep low C = 23.3 |Oct low C = 21.2 |Nov low C = 17.5 |Dec low C = 14.3 |year low C = 20.0 |Jan record high C = 31.4 |Jan record low C = 1.4 |Feb record high C = 34.6 |Feb record low C = 5.6 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Mar record low C = 6.8 |Apr record high C = 38.1 |Apr record low C = 10.0 |May record high C = 41.0 |May record low C = 14.8 |Jun record high C = 40.1 |Jun record low C = 18.7 |Jul record high C = 39.7 |Jul record low C = 20.0 |Aug record high C = 40.0 |Aug record low C = 17.3 |Sep record high C = 36.8 |Sep record low C = 15.8 |Oct record high C = 37.2 |Oct record low C = 8.8 |Nov record high C = 33.2 |Nov record low C = 5.8 |Dec record high C = 31.5 |Dec record low C = 2.8 |year record high C = 41.0 |year record low C = 1.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 22 |Feb precipitation mm = 33 |Mar precipitation mm = 58 |Apr precipitation mm = 129 |May precipitation mm = 171 |Jun precipitation mm = 239 |Jul precipitation mm = 302 |Aug precipitation mm = 355 |Sep precipitation mm = 222 |Oct precipitation mm = 153 |Nov precipitation mm = 54 |Dec precipitation mm = 27 |year precipitation mm = 1764 |Jan precipitation days = 7.8 |Feb precipitation days = 8.8 |Mar precipitation days = 11.5 |Apr precipitation days = 15.8 |May precipitation days = 16.8 |Jun precipitation days = 18.7 |Jul precipitation days = 20.9 |Aug precipitation days = 21.1 |Sep precipitation days = 15.8 |Oct precipitation days = 14.8 |Nov precipitation days = 10.2 |Dec precipitation days = 7.7 |year precipitation days = 169.8 |Jan humidity = 84.8 |Feb humidity = 84.0 |Mar humidity = 82.5 |Apr humidity = 83.1 |May humidity = 81.4 |Jun humidity = 84.4 |Jul humidity = 85.8 |Aug humidity = 86.0 |Sep humidity = 85.5 |Oct humidity = 85.8 |Nov humidity = 86.3 |Dec humidity = 85.8 |year humidity = 84.6 |Jan sun = 80 |Feb sun = 70 |Mar sun = 102 |Apr sun = 142 |May sun = 180 |Jun sun = 145 |Jul sun = 158 |Aug sun = 160 |Sep sun = 158 |Oct sun = 133 |Nov sun = 109 |Dec sun = 104 |year sun = 1539 |source 1 = Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology<ref name=IBST>{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180722172120/http://ibst.vn/DATA/nhyen/QCVN%2002-2009%20BXD%20So%20lieu%20tu%20nhien.pdf | archivedate = 22 July 2018 | url = http://ibst.vn/DATA/nhyen/QCVN%2002-2009%20BXD%20So%20lieu%20tu%20nhien.pdf | title = Vietnam Building Code Natural Physical & Climatic Data for Construction | publisher = Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology | accessdate = 3 August 2018}}</ref> }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://laocai.gov.vn/}} {{Cities in Vietnam}} {{Districts of Northwest Vietnam}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lao Cai}} [[Category:Populated places in Lao Cai Province]] [[Category:District capitals in Vietnam]] [[Category:Provincial capitals in Vietnam]] [[Category:Districts of Lao Cai Province]] [[Category:Cities in Vietnam]] [[Category:China–Vietnam border crossings]]'